Cut Grass

Cut Grass

Cut grass lies frail: Brief is the breath Mown stalks exhale. Long, long the death It dies in the white hours Of young-leafed June With chestnut flowers, With hedges snowlike strewn, White lilac bowed, Lost lanes of Queen Anne's lace, And that high-builded cloud Moving at summer's pace.

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Can you reorganise this poem into its correct line lengths? Do it (cut and paste into word), and then do the following. HINT: the short focus given by the lines brings everything into sharp focus. The regular rhyme is a challenge to create.
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TASKS

1. Create a Powerpoint which responds to the imagery in the poem. BE AWARE that this is an opportunity for you to reflect on the English Setting to this poem, so look for English images if you can.
2. Also clear up any vocab questions you may have.
3. Answer the following questions in your pairs. if you;re not sure about one, go onto the next.

• What is this poem a reflection on? What is the poet's message?
• What groups the images? Where do they appear in the poem, and why there?
• How does the subject matter of this poem challenge what you have come to expect from Larkin?
• Is the poem more profound than the other poems you have read

Note to self:

(undercut or overcut; bridge swung over abyss)